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Ethel Lackie

1907 - 1979

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Ethel Minnie Lackie (February 10, 1907 – December 15, 1979), also known by her married name Ethel Watkins, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. Lackie was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 10, 1907, to Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ethel Lackie has received more than 29,211 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ethel Lackie is the 46th most popular swimmer (up from 74th in 2019), the 6,726th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,723rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 47.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ethel Lackie ranks 46 out of 709. Before her are Irene Guest, Albina Osipowich, Willy den Ouden, Alexander Popov, Shigeo Arai, and Adelaide Lambert. After her are Arne Borg, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Arati Saha, Fanny Durack, Edgar Adams, and Hilde Schrader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ethel Lackie ranks 276. Before her are George Baird, Reino Kuuskoski, Benjamin Sheares, Vitaliano Brancati, Leigh Harline, and Adelaide Lambert. After her are Eugène Chaboud, Eugène Guillevic, Eric Brook, Alain Daniélou, Dionisio Mejía, and Lotfia Elnadi. Among people deceased in 1979, Ethel Lackie ranks 197. Before her are Hans von Funck, Maurizio Arena, Nikolai Tikhonov, Mohamed Akid, Dany Dauberson, and Vasco Bergamaschi. After her are Jim Hutton, Albert Préjean, Willibald Schmaus, Jacob L. Devers, Yervand Kochar, and Paolo Barison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ethel Lackie ranks 6,726 out of 20,380. Before her are Andy Rubin (1963), Al St. John (1892), Chi McBride (1961), Maurice McLoughlin (1890), Nancy Cartwright (1944), and Emma Abbott (1850). After her are Eric Martin (1960), Wynton Marsalis (1961), Ina Claire (1893), Robert Bacon (1860), Deborah Shelton (1948), and Kvitka Cisyk (1953).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Ethel Lackie ranks 18. Before her are Helen Johns (1914), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Ann Curtis (1926), Clarke Scholes (1930), Irene Guest (1900), and Albina Osipowich (1911). After her are Edgar Adams (1868), Carolyn Schuler (1943), Katie Ledecky (1997), Ford Konno (1933), Lynn Burke (1943), and Cathy Ferguson (1948).

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